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Image Modes in Photoshop
Color can be described in several ways using a color model such as RGB or CMYK. As you work in your image, you specify colors using one of the color models. In Photoshop you choose the approach to color that’s appropriate for your image and how it’s being used.
More information on Color Modes
Courtesy of Adobe Resource Center
Soften the edges of selections
You can smooth the hard edges of a selection by anti-aliasing and by feathering.
Process:
Definitions:
- Anti-aliasing
- Smooths the jagged edges of a selection by softening the color transition between edge pixels and background pixels. Because only the edge pixels change, no detail is lost. Anti-aliasing is useful when cutting, copying, and pasting selections to create composite images.Anti-aliasing is available for the Lasso tool, the Polygonal Lasso tool, the Magnetic Lasso tool, the Elliptical Marquee tool, and the Magic Wand tool. (Select a tool to display its options bar.)
Note: You must specify this option before using these tools. After a selection is made, you cannot add anti-aliasing.
- Feathering
- Blurs edges by building a transition boundary between the selection and its surrounding pixels. This blurring can cause some loss of detail at the edge of the selection.You can define feathering for the Marquee tools, the Lasso tool, the Polygonal Lasso tool, or the Magnetic Lasso tool as you use the tool, or you can add feathering to an existing selection.
Note: Feathering effects become apparent only after you move, cut, copy, or fill the selection.Textual information courtesy of Adobe Resource Center
Photoshop CS3 Layers
Layers are the building blocks of many image creation workflows. You may not need to work with layers if you are doing simple image adjustments, but layers help you work efficiently and are essential to most nondestructive image editing.
Adobe Help Resource Center on Layers
Textual description courtesy of Adobe Resource Center Help – www.adobe.com
Workspace in Adobe Photoshop CS3
The Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 workspace is arranged to help you focus on creating and editing images. The workspace includes menus and a variety of tools and palettes for viewing, editing, and adding elements to your images.
Check out more detailed information about these settings courtesy of the Adobe Resource Center – Workspace in Adobe Photoshop CS3